Room Parents

Looking for a rewarding and enjoyable way to get involved at Hubbard Woods? Become a Room Parent! Each year, the PTO helps place two parents per classroom to support the relationship among the PTO, teachers and staff, and the greater school community. The responsibilities are spread out over the school year, and typically involve tasks such as serving as a communications liaison with the PTO; assisting teachers with classroom events, celebrations and projects; and pitching in to help when needed, including supervising a class game at Mayfest. It is a great way to connect with other Hubbard Woods families and to be extra connected with what’s happening in the classroom!

Click here to review the Room Parent Responsibilities.

Then email incoming PTO Vice President, Jessalyn Garvey, at jessalyngarvey@gmail.com to indicate your interest TODAY!

Note that the PTO cannot place everyone who expresses interest and will honor requests in the order they are received. You will be contacted in late August to confirm your placement once classroom assignments are announced. Thank you!

2022-23 PTO Committee Sign Up

The PTO Committee Sign Up is OPEN! It’s time to get involved…whether your role involves a one-day volunteer project or a multi-day event, there are plenty of ways to join the fun!

Click HERE for the PTO Committee Sign-Up Genius.

Volunteering with the PTO is a great way to connect with other school families and learn more about our many special school traditions. Without parent help, we simply cannot provide events and programs that the kids and staff have cherished for decades.

Some highlights of the year include traditions like The Book Fair, Mayfest, Field Day and Fourth Grade Farewell. In addition to traditional roles, an exciting new role is needed to begin planning for a new upper playground area (Playground Chair). The PTO also provides extra “perks” such as World Travelers, Spirit-wear, Hot Lunch, Composting, school photos, pre-packaged school supplies and the Yearbook!

Don’t worry if you haven’t helped with an event before; every event benefits from new ideas. The HW PTO has a long history of making Hubbard Woods a very special place. These years go quickly — jump on board and experience the fun of the HW PTO community!

The sign-up will remain open this summer, but slots are filled on a first-come-first-served basis, so don’t delay, sign up today! Thank You!

Thank You Hubbard Woods!

Wow! What an AWESOME MAYFEST 2022! Everyone had so much fun and we’re really grateful for the total team effort to make it happen! Thank you to every single person who pitched in to create such a successful event. Special thanks to…

Mayfest Co-Chairs: Jessica Newell & Alyssa Quinn for countless hours of planning to so thoughtfully bring back HW’s beloved Mayfest!

Mayfest Committee: Lyn Aleshire, Lyanna Berkowitz, Shannon Bernard, Caitlin Eck, Kate Fisher, Bridget Hawkinson, Lindy Kelly, Heather Kenney, Kerry Rogers, & Kelly Seeman for a ton of work on tickets, games, raffle, food, prizes, and more!

Custodians: Federico Moreno & Sam Abonce for a tremendous amount of help with set up/clean up, and always with a smile!

Principal Carmody & HW Teachers/Staff for such special raffle donations and unwavering support!

Room Parents & Classroom Parent Volunteers for so many game logistics to create shifts, collect supplies, set up, cover shifts, and clean up!

Corporate Sponsors: Grins on Green Bay, Hoops4Health, IL Baseball Academy, Kiddos Catering, MS/KG Lifestyle, Shannon & Kate Real Estate, The Book Stall, Uber Eats, & Winnetka Fire/Police Departments for their generous support!

Everyone for enthusiastically donating, sponsoring, purchasing, volunteering, planning, working and pulling together as one community to have a blast while fundraising for our school!

Rah, Rah, Rah for Mayfest and Hubbard Woods School!

World Travelers Indonesia!

Join us as World Travelers takes Hubbard Woods on a journey to Indonesia! Students will learn fun facts about the tropical country including the best places to visit, its role in the discovery of the Americas and meet some really cute, but endangered, animals.

There is no need to sign up for World Travelers, as all students will have an opportunity to view a presentation in class that was created by a fellow Hubbard Woods parent, Louisa Balach. They can test their newfound knowledge out by filling out a quiz and turning it in to their teacher. 6 randomly selected students who turn in a completed quiz can win a special prize!

Want to join in on the fun at home? Click on the links below to:

-Take the World Travelers Quiz on Indonesia and turn it in at school for a chance to win a prize!
– Watch the presentation about Indonesia
– See what a Gamelan performance is like (located in Bali)
– Learn more about Wayang Kulit (shadow puppets)

Thank you to Louisa Balach for sharing her heritage with our Hubbard Woods School community and thanks to all for joining us as we reimagine World Travelers again this year! Any questions? Contact Hubbard Woods PTO.

4th Grade Farewell 2022!

The Fourth Grade Farewell is a wonderful Winnetka tradition. A time for all of our 4th graders to say goodbye to elementary school and begin their next chapter. We are excited to be able to celebrate this milestone at Hubbard Woods on Tuesday, June 7!

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World Travelers Iran!

World Travelers traveled to Iran guided by the Sani Family! Students learned about the country’s rich traditions, geography, language, customs and heritage by viewing a presentation created by the Sani Family during their lunch time at school. The school lobby was decorated with special Nowruz table, which celebrates the Persian New Year and start of spring.

Please check out these links for additional opportunities for your family to learn more about Iran at home.

Click Here to view the Iran Travelogue

Click here to play Names and Family!

Click Here to try some delicious Persian Recipes!

Click Here to watch Persian Dancing!

Thank you to the Sani Family for sharing their heritage with our Hubbard Woods School community and thanks to all for joining us as we reimagine World Travelers again this year!

CREDIT for Missed Kiddos Lunches During Quarantine

FROM KIDDOS:

There is a NEW Kiddos Lunch Policy change for students who have to quarantine-hint, hint, YOU WILL LIKE IT!

We truly appreciate your business and understand how insanely challenging the last two years have been for you. We want to make your life easier, and making sure you can order lunches without worrying you may need to quarantine – and lose out on credits – is no longer a worry!

Going forward, we will provide you with a Kiddos credit for any lunches you have ordered for dates where the Wednesday noon cancellation window has passed. As always, any dates which are still available to cancel can be done on your online account and a credit is automatically provided. So while we aren’t able to cancel the orders with the restaurants after the Wednesday noon deadline and they will be delivered to school, you will still receive a courtesy Kiddos credit for them.

For the dates too late to cancel, all you need to do is contact us at support@kiddoscatering.com and let us know the following information: School Name, Account Holder Name, Student Name, Quarantine Dates and Dates lunches ordered (within the quarantine dates that are unavailable to cancel online).

Once we receive your information, we will provide a courtesy credit on your Kiddos account. The credit will be auto applied during the checkout the next time you place a lunch order. Now you can order with confidence!

Thank you,

Kiddos Lunch Team

support@kiddoscatering.com

Hubbard Woods Winter Showcase!

Wow! The Winter Showcase was such a special treat for our community. We are incredibly grateful to our students, staff and parent volunteers for the creativity, time, ingenuity, work, and energy that was dedicated to this project. What a wonderful example of progressive education and the meaningful learning experiences that our school offers.

Here is a brief tour of the Winter Showcase for those unable to attend, or who want to watch again: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Fdxnx6KNrdhdRqvr-Wvpr7kYjn4HlAW/view

Shop the HWS Online Book Fair!

If you missed the HW Book Fair, or didn’t pick up the title that your kids wanted, shop from the abcfairs.com website and continue to support the HWS Resource Center!

Simply shop at abcfairs.com, and at checkout, put Hubbard Woods as the School Name,

and Winnetka as the School City. 25% of the proceeds of the Book Fair benefit the Resource Center. Past proceeds have been used to purchase new books and a printer to aid in checkout, so all HWS students benefit!

Thanks for supporting the HW Resource Center!

World Travelers learned about Colombia!

The World Travelers program is a special Hubbard Woods tradition which has taken on various forms over time. Our first World Travelers experience was the week of October 18 when we “traveled” to Colombia with the Shideler family!

Click Here to view the Colombia Travelogue if you want to catch up on what your child has learned!

Students will have opportunities at school and through Schoology posts to learn about a particular country for a given week three times throughout the year. We will not be serving lunches this year but have many special experiences in store! Parents will also be provided with optional activities to do at home with your family. Stay tuned for more details on our next “trip!”